Experimental studies on condensation heat transfer of the moist air outside the horizontal circular pipe with a porous layer

This paper presents the structure design of four kinds of circular pipes with porous layer and the experimental resultsof condensation heat transfer of the moist air outSide the horizontal choular pipes. By comparison with theexperiments on bare Pipes, it is concluded that, the designed pipes not only have good condensation heattransfer Performance, but also have the ability to collect and remove condensed liquid under zero gravity. They canbe aPPlied to the thermal control system for future large spacecraft.